Re: problem with gnome on installing Debian 7
On Sat 25 May 2013 at 07:14:00 -0400, Larry Johnson wrote:
> I'll try a reinstall if no specific problem is identified. I did reinstall
> gnome itself with no effect on the problem.
A reinstall would at least allow you to see whether the problem is
repeatable.
> The following is my lspci output
Thanks.
> 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] (rev a2)
You'll be using the nouveau driver, then. The controller belongs to the
NV40 family.
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeNames/
I don't want to lead you up the wrong path but there is this:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745202
and this:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=802069
I do not use GNOME but believe there is a fallback mode; you could
investigate using it. Providing the card with more memory via the BIOS
is also an option,
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